The “Transformers” franchise has been a success in large part thanks to director Michael Bay, whose “bigger + faster = better” mentality was well-suited for the task of bringing films about giant fighting extraterrestrial robots to the big screen. Which is why Dreamworks is surely relieved that the director will indeed be returning for the fourth installment – news spilled by producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura when MTV caught up with him recently at Toy Fair 2012.

“Michael’s going to direct,” di Bonaventura confirmed, before adding: “And it’ll be in the summer of 2014. We’ll be releasing then.”